The Dedham Vale Society exists to protect the peace and tranquillity of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, known universally as Constable Country. The Dedham Vale stretches through undulating fields and along the water meadows of the River Stour in countryside famous for its great wool churches and picturesque villages like Flatford and Stoke by Nayland.

For seventy years the Society has worked to resist the excesses of developers, the utilities and individuals who would seek to damage the fragile landscape either wilfully, perhaps through ignorance, or just sheer opportunism.

Our website is full of topical information and features, fantastic photographic views of the Vale, sketches of Vale villages, excerpts from our excellent magazine, planning advice and corporate news.